Armed police stormed Ealing Broadway station following reports a man sleeping on a train may have had a gun.

British Transport Police (BTP) and Metropolitan Police officers were called to the Underground station at 7.50pm on Tuesday (February 24).

A BTP spokesman said: “We were called to Ealing Broadway London Underground station at 7.50pm on Tuesday following reports that a man sleeping on a train might have a gun.

"Armed officers from the Metropolitan Police Service boarded the Central line train at the station, and a man was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of an imitation firearm in a public place.